Following are a few notices about the celebrated illustrator, Marc Simont, who passed away July 13th in Cornwall, Connecticut. The Los Angeles Times, July 21,2013, “Marc Simont dies at age 97; award-winning children’s book artist” The New York Times, July 16, 2013, “Marc Simont, Classic Children’s book illustrator, Dies at 97” Publishers Weekly, July 17, 2013, “Obituary: Marc Simont” The
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Book of Interest: That’s Not Funny, That’s Sick
Recently published: Ellin Stein’s That’s Not Funny, It’s Sick / the National Lampoon and the Comedy Insurgents Who Captured the Mainstream (W.W. Norton & Co.). From the publisher’s notes: Journalist Ellin Stein, an observer of the scene since the early 1970s, draws on a wealth of revealing, firsthand interviews with the architects and impresarios
Read moreBBC: Bert & Ernie New Yorker Cover & The Power of Cartoons: Bob Mankoff on Favorite Cartoons, Pt.2; Book of Interest: American Cornball
From BBC News Magazine, July 19, 2013, “A Point of View: Bert, Ernie and the power of cartoons” And… From New Yorker Cartoon Editor, Bob Mankoff’s newyorker.com blog, here’s part 2 of his look into favorite cartoons. This time Mr. Mankoff begins to roll
Read moreLiza Donnelly to SPX; Weird Writer #28: Gahan Wilson; Interview with “Born Dead, Still Weird” Film Maker; Reginald Marsh Exhibit
From SPX, this post concerning Liza Donnelly’s appearance at SPX this Fall (left: a Donnelly New Yorker cartoon). Here’s the SPX Press release And… From Weird Fiction Review, July 17, 2013, “101 Weird Writers #28: Gahan Wilson“ — this lengthy piece on Mr. Wilson. As mentioned on Ink Spill the other day, Gahan
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